Gutter-brick



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J. P. GAPPNBY; GUTTER BRICK. 1\T0.'510,0'16.V Patented Dee. 5, 1893.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES P. GAFFNEY, OF CUMBERLAND, MARYLAND.

GUTTER-BRICK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 510,016, dated December 5, 1893.

Application led November l, 1892. Serial No. 450,634. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern.-

Be it known that I, JAMES P. GAFENEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cumberland, in the county of Allegany and State of Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gutter-Bricks; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The object of my invention is to produce a brick adapted in size and form to be laid between the curbstone and pavement ot' a street to form a gutter.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l, is a perspective View of my improved brick. Fig. 2, is a diagram of one end of the same, and Fig. 3 shows a section of the pavement and side walk with my improved form of brick interposed between the curbstone and pavement, forming a gutter.

Referring to the drawings by reference letters, A indicates the side walk, C the curbstone, and B the gutter brick, and D the pavement.

This brick may be made of any convenient size or of any suitable material that the nature of the work calls for. invention Ihave made these bricks about nine inches wide at the base by thirteen and a halt inches long, the sidesbeing inclined outwardly as shown in the drawings from base to top, a distance of five inches, which is the extreme height or depth of the brick. As now made, the sloping or inclined sides make the brick about ten inches wide across the face in a straight line. The face is, however, made curvilinear in section to form the gutter chan- In practicing my nel, the bottom of which is a curve approximating thirty degrees terminating outwardly in opposite curves approximating fifteen degrees. The central or bottom curve being drawn to a radius of about three and a half inches and the outward or side curves to a radius of about two and a half inches. A gutter formed in this manner admits of the easy turning of vehicle wheels in and out of the channel and prevents the wheels from running against the curb and thereby bringing the hubs in contact with bitching and awning posts and the like. And the sloping sides of the outer walls permit the brick to be laid close to the curbstone along its upper edge as shown in Fig. 3, the incline or sloping side accommodating the brick to any unevenness' in the roughly hewn sides of the curb below the surface and making it set more lirmly nin the sand or cement in which it is laid. It also serves to keep the curbstones in more perfect alignment, thus obviating the necessity of deep curbs.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The within described gutter-brick, the face of which forms a channel, the bottom and sides of which face are curvilinear in section, the base being ilat, and the sides sloping inwardly from the face down, in the manner described and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES P. GAFFNEY. Witnesses:

ROBERT MACDONALD, F. M. OFFUTT. 

